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Emanuel calls governor emperor without clothes; Rauner aide suggests mayor has 'Napoleon complex' 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1368
Southern Illinois University Carbondale's University Museum loses national accreditation 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 14 4321
Rep. John Shimkus questions why men should pay for prenatal care 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1450
Kankakee County Sheriff confronts questions of online etiquette with Trump/Obama meme 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1681
Labor experts unsure of future if Illinois state government workers strike 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1241
McHenry County residents protest Gov. Bruce Rauner at Crystal Lake appearance 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1290
Chicago State University to pay off $4.3M owed to whistleblower 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1068
Illinois Supreme Court asked to decide if workers can be paid 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1248
Madigan proposes making ALPLM stand-alone operation 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1111
Munger's salary listing removed from health fund 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1220
Bourne calls on House to take up her state employee pay bill 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1105
Neil deGrasse Tyson draws crowd of 1,000 to presidential museum 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 2 1099
Bill would allow municipalities to give taxpayer info to third parties 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1068
Rauner: Democrats leading a 'coordinated activity' to 'create a crisis' in Illinois 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1267
Rauner 'generally supportive' of gun crimes plan but has questions 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1048
D.C. judge slashes Jesse Jackson Jr.'s child support payments 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1506
Man who returned to crime after $25M award sentenced 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1473
Illinois Senate Democrats decry lack of help on budget cuts 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1287
Rauner: Illinois 'won't do very well' under Republican health insurance plan. 4 elleng Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 2060
Rep. Shimkus trying to out douche nozzle Iowa's Steve King. 1 47of74 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1731
Peter Roskam is having another tele town hall tonight Tuesday March 7 0 Cadfael Mar 2017 Mar 2017 0 1264
Founder of Suburban Tech Company Sentenced for Defrauding Investors out of More Than $9 Million 0 nitpicker Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1686
Federal Search Of Caterpillar Facilities May Relate To Tax Evasion Allegations 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 1901
Union authorizes strike, Rauner doesn't budge 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 2161
LaHood criticized for dodging constituents questions 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1834
Rauner calls his demands on Senate budget plan 'reasonable' 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1307
Madigan forms Illinois House panel to address school funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1047
House panel supports young registry for organ donation 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1253
House panel backs COLA freeze for legislators, congrats for Cubs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1466
2 plans to name Illinois highways for Obama in the works 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1137

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Dennis Hastert victim again argues for rest of hush money in court filing 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1582
Rauner: OK on Obama Day, but no one gets to skip work 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1657
ABC-7 suspends sportscaster Mark Giangreco for anti-Trump tweet 6 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2455
State workers should embrace the 40-hour week 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1713
How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2090
Hundreds of protesters urge Bobby Rush, other Illinois Democrats to fight harder against Trump 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1212
Hate crimes rising since Trump's election, activists tell AG Lisa Madigan 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1290
Roskam won't be meeting constituents this recess... 7 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2355
16th Congressional District - Adam Kinzinger town halls 0 murielm99 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 5 1882
Peter Roskam (IL 6) is holding a phone town hall tonight 4 Cadfael Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1784
Illinois lawmakers designate October 'Zombie Preparedness Month' 10 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2022
Illinois County Official Shares, Deletes Anti-Muslim Meme 3 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1638
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 880
Hold the pumpkin pie? Bill would abolish Illinois state symbols 5 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1919
Time capsule found sealed in Springfield YWCA's 1912 cornerstone 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1314
$4.25 million settlement reached in coal-mine hiring case 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1234
Illinois secretary of state wants to sell ads on vehicle registration notices to bring in money 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1311
Lawmakers draft plans to keep Illinois paychecks flowing 2 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1228
Fitch lowers Illinois' credit rating due to budget 'failure' 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1296
Democratic legislators call for Obama state holiday 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1223
Peoria woman must repay $170,000 she stole from elderly mother 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1185
Redflex to pay $20 million to Chicago to settle lawsuit over red-light camera bribery 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1263
Jesse Jackson Jr. ordered to pay temporary child support 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1348
Rauners schools chief tells parents CPS created its own mess 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1213
Archdiocese of Chicago to pay $2.3M settlement to alleged McCormack victim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1123
CPS shortfall of $500 million from last year hangs over current budget woes 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1181
Lawsuit accuses Illinois Lottery manager of fraud in instant games 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1245
Dueling letters draw CPS parents into battle over funding 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1213
Trump again calls out Chicago on violence and repeats debunked murder rate claim 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1224
Illinois Senate looking at higher sales tax on food, drugs 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1401

Illinois Continued...

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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Attends Koch Brothers Donor Summit in California 1 Stellar Jan 2017 Feb 2017 4 1663
Protect access to reproductive health care in Illinois. ACLU Action Alert 0 Snarkoleptic Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1508
Illinois Senate considering gambling expansion 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1198
Emanuel rolls out plans for $14.7 million in unspent tax rebate funds 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1524
Background-checks policy leads Univ. of Illinois to withdraw 11 job offers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1463
Schock case reassigned to Urbana's Judge Colin Bruce 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1339
Illinois Senate 'bargain' includes hike in minimum wage 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1165
Illinois Senate to try again on pension reform 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1396
New sales, employer taxes in state budget deal 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1180
Police: Man had more than 50 guns in Crystal Lake home 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1511
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1274
Co-owner of medical transport company gets 5 years for fraud 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1423
Ammons introduces bill to improve conditions for temp workers 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1594
Parents pack meeting to protest school board member's misogynistic tweets 6 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 3 1829
Chicago cat suffered with 5 pounds of matted fur; now he's an internet star 4 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1906
Zion's nuclear fallout; still reeling from 1998 closing 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1574
Buckley woman charged in theft of $144,500 from employer 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 1 1394
Villa Park woman accused of stealing thousands from uncle 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1509
Illinois Senate skips planned budget vote, will return Thursday 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 1347
As Trump signs immigration order, Emanuel vows Chicago will stay sanctuary city 3 TexasTowelie Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1566
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